Logic of consequences

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logic of appropriateness

…is commonly distinguished from the logic of consequences. The latter evokes self-interested rational actors with fixed preferences and identities whose behaviour is determined by the calculation of expected returns from alternative choices. Although the two logics are usually presented in mutually exclusive terms, they can also be understood as opposite…

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